Media and intercultural education

Abstract

The increase of immigration in the western countries of Europe, especially in Spain, is generating new multicultural societies which require an educational response. The intercultural education is an educacional challenge that implicares a pluralism as a value, and open school for everyone who trains citizens with the same rights and are recognized in their differences. In this context, the media as an important socialized agent have the task to reinforce coexistence values of respecting differences which are acquired during school. It is also necessary that school incorporates the communication as a copie to promote a critical awareness of students on Media Contents.